Symptoms Of Diabetes Related Diseases

Know Diabetes

If you are aware of what diabetes is then you also now know how taking it lightly is detrimental to your health. Diabetes is affecting millions of people from all parts of the world. One sad part about this disease is its being incurable. Once you have this disease all you can do is just take medications for the rest of your life. That’s why it is important to try to prevent it from occurring or to detect the early signs of diabetes.

This article will inform you of some basic details about this disease and some ways to deal with it. You will also be given some knowledge about the symptoms that are related to diabetes. 

About Diabetes

As a chronic disease, diabetes is affecting more and more people each day. This occurs when there is failure of the pancreas to produce insulin which helps in glucose metabolism. When this happens, glucose stays in the blood stream. If you let this condition stay for a long period of time, it can lead to secondary damage to the eyes, heart, liver, kidney, and other important organs of the body.

There are even three types of diabetes. The type-1 diabetes occurs or develops even in childhood or those young adults. In this type of diabetes, the immune system has failed to function properly and that is why it is called the autoimmune disease.

The Type-2 diabetes on the other hand is the most common diabetes people experience. This is when the glucose level is above the normal. Most of the time, this happens when there is insufficient insulin in the body or that the cells are resisting the produced insulin.

The other type of diabetes is the gestational diabetes. But this only occurs less than the other two types. This happens temporarily in women during their late pregnancy. 

The Symptoms To Watch Out For

Diabetes is hard to detect in it early stage. But if you are keen about the symptoms then you might be able to get a clue of what is going to happen. Here are some of the symptoms of diabetes.

If you constantly feel the need to eat and drink fluids with some degree of dehydration then you might be having diabetes.

It is also an indication that you might have this disease if you urinate frequently during the day and especially during the night.

Another symptom is getting blurry vision for a short period of time or you easily feel tired and exhausted even if you are not busy doing anything.

Another obvious symptom is when your wounds don’t heal as fast as they normally would and if you get numb feelings in your hands and feet often.

Diabetes can also have symptoms like having gum, skin, or bladder infection and unexpectedly losing weight even without any weight loss program. 

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